Star Micronics NX-I 00011 Printer User Manual


 
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By moving the cursor and pressing the Fl, F2, and F3 keys you can
quicklybuildup the dot pattern. If necessaryyoucan clearalldotsbypressing
F4 and start over. When the character is complete, press Return to store
the dot data in the computer’smemory.The program willclearthe character
box and ask you to selectthe next character to design.
When you have finished designing characters, press the F6 key. The
program will ask you whether you want
to save, download, ad print the
characters you have designed.If you answerYes to all three questions,your
characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded to the printer, and
the entire character set from character 33 (!) to character 126(*) will be
printed out.
At any point while you are selecting or designingcharacters you can
press F5 to skip the current character and proceed to the next character.
The program does not allow you to redefine the space character, or to
define any other character as an all-blank character. Nor can you assign
character codeslessthan 33or greater than 126to the charactersyou define.
NLQ character
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First ml...
...m23
nas~ m24...
...m46
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128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
Dotdata
Ist: 14 36 m 70 r26 o 0 0 9 9 8 0
16 I I O 0 70 36 22 6 6 6
2nd: Z?3 14 M 14 24 0 64 32 16 0 0 0
32 64 0 0 0 12 12 14 14 14 12
pass
,28 ASCIICode 33
Descender
I
64 Leftspace: o
Rightspece: 0
32
mO=Descender x 128
16
+ (Left x 16) + Right
8
4
2
1
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